The most poetical thing in the world is not being sick.

Very few reputations are gained by unsullied virtue.

In truth, there are only two kinds of people; those who accept dogma and know it, and those who accept dogma and don't know it.

The best kind of giving is thanksgiving.

Men reform a thing by removing the reality from it, and then do not know what to do with the unreality that is left.

the object of a new year is not that we should have a new year, but rather that we should have a new soul.

The full value of this life can only be got by fighting; the violent take it by storm. And if we have accepted everything we have missed something - war. This life of ours is a very enjoyable fight, but a very miserable truce.